Worlds of Wonder: Readings in Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy LiteratureCamille R. La Bossière, Jean-François Leroux University of Ottawa Press, 2004 - 202 Seiten No longer dismissed as "escapist" reading, critics have finally discovered a brave new world of science fiction and fantasy literature. This book is a long-overdue tribute to this previously ignored genre, placing these works within a general context of Canadian literature and culture. Published in English. |
Inhalt
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The Canadian Apocalypse | 35 |
William Gibsons Neuromancer and Douglas Couplands Girlfriend in a Coma | 47 |
New Fantasy as a Canadian Postcolonial Genre | 57 |
The Successful Quest for Voice in Guy Gavriel Kays Tigana and Randy Bradshaws The Song Spinner | 73 |
Some Lacanian Speculations About Canadian Fantasy Literature Via Barbara Goowdys The White Bone | 81 |
Boundaries in Sean Stewarts The Night Watch | 95 |
Whats Wrong with the Obvious? | 119 |
A Scientists Relationship with Science Fiction | 131 |
Robots and Artificial Intelligence in Asimovs The Caves of Steel and Sawyers Golden Fleece | 139 |
The Strange and Dangerous Voyage of Captaine Thomas James | 147 |
Le Nord Électrique Travel Book | 155 |
Ideology and Identity in Québecs Science Fiction by Women | 167 |
Denys Chabots Infernal Utopia | 181 |
Canadian Fantasy Literature for Children | 189 |
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Seite 17 - Thus, therefore, the floor of our familiar room has become a neutral territory, somewhere between the real world and fairy-land, where the Actual and the Imaginary may meet, and each imbue itself with the nature of the other.